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I agree--she is not The Barefoot Contessa--that was the name of her store. How odd. I think she is talking so quickly in these ads that most people won't catch what she is talking about. I have never thought any mix was anything special...will hers be different?

I hear for an additional 20 bucks you can get these products in the limited "Ina Guilt" edition. Each box has a sensor, at the appropriate moment it says, "Oh, I see you are not using the really good butter for your family, the kind like you can get a barefootcontessa.com. That's ok, not everybody has to really love their family..."

Actually it is an interesting philosophical question whether Ina is the Barefoot Contessa. As it is, I believe Ina bought the rights to the name from the store in Perpetuity although the name originally did come from that Ava Gardner movie. Also from what I've read, the people who bought out the store from Ina hate her guts because she essentially kicked them out of the store by jacking the lease prices so high, some say as a reaction to other competitors in the area.It really has become her trademark though and is much more appealing than "semi-homemade"